Video: Syria is moving toward full-blown civil war
Click here to view the embedded video. The world’s great powers don’t have enough incentive to intervene in Syria, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer tells Chrystia Freeland.
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Why Syria’s Assad is still in power
We can’t afford to throw him out. Last week, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney caused a tempest in a teapot when he told CNN that he thought the top U.S. geopolitical foe is Russia. President...
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In a G-Zero world, Syria’s civil war will drag on and on
“Syria: Towards the Endgame” was the headline the Economist splashed across one of its most recent covers. But as we’ve seen with this week’s assault on Aleppo, the end of the Assad regime is, in all...
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Four Debate Questions for Obama and Romney
There will always be a wide gap between what candidates promise and what they deliver once elected, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. After all, this is an area where U.S. presidents have...
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In Syria, a rare Chinese foray into foreign policy
This month, a curious thing happened in the annals of diplomacy. A country offered up a peace plan to put an end to a seemingly endless civil war in Syria. This country was not one of the usual...
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The global vacuum of power is expanding
How do you solve a problem like Korea? Or Syria? Or the euro zone? Or climate change? Don’t look to Washington. The United States will remain the world’s most powerful nation for years to come, but...
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On Syria, it’s time for Obama to decide
Through two years of Syrian crisis, the Obama administration has cautiously dragged its feet as the United States is further enmeshed in the conflict. That’s a sensible platform at home, with opinion...
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Can the U.S.’s limited military strike against Assad stay limited?
After Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech about Syria’s chemical warfare yesterday, it’s clear that the U.S. is going to attack Syria. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says U.S. forces are “ready to...
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Iran is America’s real Middle East priority
While we’ve been distracted by a flurry of intelligence releases on Syria’s chemical weapons strikes — and the ongoing saga over the United States’ response — many have overlooked another intelligence...
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The vote on Syria hardly matters
The details of American involvement in Syria seem to change every minute. First the Obama administration was going to launch a “limited, narrow” attack, with international backing, against Syrian...
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Putin is winning on Snowden, Syria and Sochi… but so what?
Vladimir Putin’s having a hell of a summer. Before writing the most talked-about New York Times op-ed in months, he embarrassed his chief rival, the United States, by harboring its most high-profile...
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Obama’s vacuum doctrine
In President Barack Obama’s speech at the United Nations on Tuesday, he made the case for sustained American engagement in the Middle East: “The danger for the world is that the United States, after a...
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